CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star — Page 14

Marisha deserved so much better.

Yay! All the cyber bullying worked. Aren’t you all proud of yourselves? Billy’s gone and the show is closing early - exactly what you wanted. Curious who you’ll drill into the ground next.

Best wishes to Porter on a speedy and successful recovery and Marisha on a good rest of run.

The production really should’ve issued a statement faster, at least when the sepsis diagnosis was made. It’s not something you just recover from with a few days of bed rest like a cold. Allowing a star’s nearly three week absence to go unaddressed with no official word is wild- it creates a vacuum of information.

I agree with you that things got a bit intense with Billy but no one wishes him ill health and, despite my earlier claims, it does appear that this is indeed physical “The main drivers remain age, chronic illness, weakened immune systems, invasive devices, and recent hospitalization or surgery.”

Billy clearly has some complex physical issues that make it very likely they are the underlying cause.

I at least consider myself lucky for seeing Billy and Marisha twice in London, and I wish Billy well.

Kad said: "The production really should’ve issued a statement faster, at least when the sepsis diagnosis was made. It’s not something you just recover from with a few days of bed restlike a cold. Allowing a star’s nearly three week absence to go unaddressed with no official word is wild- it creates a vacuum of information."

That’s assuming it was diagnosed from the jump, though. Billy could very well have been sick and tried to rest/recover for a period of time prior to the actual diagnosis. It can sometimes take days to weeks to develop while the patient is unwell. Producers were likely scrambling to explore their options in such a short timeframe in an effort to save whatever they could of the run.

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Kad said: "The production really should’ve issued a statement faster, at least when the sepsis diagnosis was made. It’s not something you just recover from with a few days of bed restlike a cold. Allowing a star’s nearly three week absence to go unaddressed with no official word is wild- it creates a vacuum of information."

That’s assuming it was diagnosed from the jump, though. Billy could very well have been sick and tried to rest/recover for a period of timeprior to the actual diagnosis. It can sometimes take days to weeks to develop while the patient is unwell. Producers were likelyscrambling to explore theiroptions in such a short timeframe in an effort to save whatever they could have the run."

In someone immunocompromised, it does NOT take long to go south and quickly. Usually if someone is suspected of sepsis, they will immediately begin sepsis bundle treatment because of the time sensitive nature.

If anything, it could’ve potentially been a matter of him coming very close to dying and unsure if he was going to recover that delayed any message, as well as if Billy wanted the actual reason to be known (if he was even in a state to decide).

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "One of the shows investors is sueing the production and lead producers for lack of transparency, potential self dealing and other issues regarding the shows financials

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=DV_PLUS_pJhPfvL1ug9gb6NTXqA==&display=all&courtType=New%20York%20County%20Supreme%20Court&resultsPageNum=1

Interesting to note thatJames Lorenzo Walker Jr. isn't just an investor in the show but a entertainment lawyer which makes this seem potentially less frivolous and with more merit then it otherwise might be"

Some of this suit may have merit but as for expecting any repayment at all, where was that going to come from? A $90 million gross vs a $26 million capitalization doesn’t mean any of that $26 million is available yet. I suppose he’ll see that if/when he inspects the books.

The people taking office fees sure made money from a flop though.

TotallyEffed said: "Do we…actually think Billy has sepsis?"

TBH, after what I saw happen with Kevin Aviance getting Sepsis? I don't doubt it. Literally watched him strutting and full of life in his massive boot heels at 11:00 in the morning on like a Wednesday as I was leaving the Union Square station and then 2 days later see posts on Insta that he's in the hospital with Pneumonia and Sepsis.

I don’t want say that the sepsis thing is a lie, but I will say this: if I was giving a so-bad-the-show-is-closing performance in a Broadway show and was too embarrassed and traumatized by the public ridicule to step onstage again, I would absolutely make something like that up to save face and garner sympathy. And someone with HIV getting sepsis sounds really scary so for Billy’s sake I honestly hope it is a lie.

Updated On: 9/7/25 at 01:52 PM